The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Growth, Festus Keyamo, has known as on African international locations to enhance their Air Site visitors Administration capability by investing in recruitment, coaching, and retention of expert air visitors controllers.
Keyamo made the decision on the opening ceremony of the thirty sixth Worldwide Federation of Air Site visitors Controllers’ Associations Africa and Center East Regional Assembly held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
In accordance with an announcement issued by his Particular Adviser on Media and Communications, Tunde Moshood, the minister spoke on the theme: “Securing the Skies: Strengthening ATM Capability by way of Strategic Recruitment, Coaching, and Retention.”
Keyamo famous that the expansion in air visitors throughout the continent has elevated the demand for well-trained personnel. He stated, “Throughout our area, we face rising complexity in operations and better expectations from the travelling public. To satisfy these challenges, we should make investments not solely in know-how however, much more importantly, in individuals. It’s the professionalism, alertness, and dedication of air visitors controllers that preserve tens of millions of passengers secure each single day.”
He emphasised the necessity for stronger cooperation amongst aviation stakeholders, including, “We should keep in mind that aviation is a shared ecosystem. Its energy lies in collaboration, amongst states, regulators, ANSPs, {and professional} our bodies like IFATCA. Our skies know no borders; due to this fact, our success should even be borderless — constructed on shared data, shared duty, and shared resolve.”
The minister reaffirmed Nigeria’s dedication to aviation security and capability growth, noting that the federal government is making progress beneath President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda by way of a “complete 5-Level Aviation Agenda.”
By way of the Nigerian Airspace Administration Company, he stated the federal government is “modernising its Communication, Navigation, and Surveillance/Air Site visitors Administration programs; increasing coaching pipelines for air visitors controllers; and institutionalising programmes that assist psychological wellbeing and peer mentorship.”
Keyamo additionally highlighted Nigeria’s collaboration with BAGASOO and different regional establishments to enhance ANSP certification, improve security oversight and deepen a powerful security tradition throughout aviation operations.
He counseled IFATCA for its dedication to professionalism and advocacy, and expressed appreciation to Zimbabwe for internet hosting the occasion, thanking the nation’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Growth, Felix Mhona, for the hospitality and profitable group of the assembly.
He known as on all stakeholders to go away the convention with renewed dedication to construct a resilient, extremely expert, and motivated workforce able to managing the advanced skies of tomorrow with excellence, cooperation, and care.